The Seminar Network is looking for a dynamic, experienced development professional to join the team as a Director of Member Relations focusing on major gifts. The Director will collaborate within a fast-paced, mission-driven environment to grow a portfolio of long-term supporters to further the Network's strategy.

This is an opportunity to take your fundraising and relationship building experience to the next level working with an incredibly exceptional group of individuals, companies, and foundations to drive change in education, communities, business, public policy, and politics that empowers people to improve their lives. At The Seminar Network, we are building a movement of principled business and philanthropic leaders who maximize the value of their contribution of time, talent, and resources to inspiring and equipping principled social-change entrepreneurs to bring us closer to a society of mutual benefit by eliminating injustice of all kinds. We are looking for colleagues committed to advancing our mission with energy, commitment, and passion for what they do.

Your Responsibilities Include

Cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of major gifts donors and prospects, utilizing Moves Management and other relationship building techniques

Collaborate with the internal communications and marketing team to create and execute personalized communications and engagement plans for each donor and prospective partner

Leverage existing events to recruit new prospects and retain current partners

Utilize subject matter experts and organizational representatives to further relationships with supporters and prospects

Knowledge and Skills You Bring to the Organization

7+ years' experience in a professional environment, 3+ years of experience cultivating and soliciting major gifts

We work with: Nonprofit leaders at over 100 community-based groups. Over 700 of the country's most effective business leaders and philanthropists. Over 1,000 professors at 350 universities. Tens of thousands of K-12 teachers. And millions of grassroots activists in 35 states. We've united to move toward a society where people succeed by helping others, so that everyone has the opportunity to realize their extraordinary potential.

Our Values

Working at The Seminar Network is different from many other organizations. We have a relentless commitment to a culture based on a business philosophy called Market Based Management® (MBM®). Informed by the principles that allow a free and open society to flourish, MBM® prepares individuals to innovate, improve, and transform while fostering a healthy, growing organization that creates long-term value for its clients and supporters and fulfillment for its employees.